Category: Institute for Social Transformation (IST)
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Institute for Social Transformation
Your gift supports the Institute for Social Transformation, which serves as the Social Sciences Division’s central research and funding hub, empowering students, staff, faculty, and community partners in carrying out social justice work that transforms our communities and our world.
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Building Belonging
Your gift funds scholarships for underrepresented student researchers collaborating with faculty in campus labs and community-based projects. Donations to this program helps build belonging for students within the university by providing hands-on research and mentorship.
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New Gen Learning
Faculty and students in NGL collaborate to develop interdisciplinary research that identifies the cultural strengths of learning by children and students from historically underserved populations and ways to leverage those strengths in formal and informal settings for learning.
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Academic and Research Units, Giving, Institute for Social Transformation (IST), Right Livelihood CenterRight Livelihood Center
Your gift connects international activists with students and faculty at UC Santa Cruz to collaborate on research and education addressing today’s most pressing issues. Through meaningful engagement in social and environmental justice, we strengthen global connections and drive positive change.
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Transforming Futures
Your gift funds summer internships for first-generation, underrepresented, and low-income Social Sciences students. The program provides scholarships to students to pursue internships that are often unpaid or low-paying in nonprofit or government organizations.
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Academic and Research Units, Center for Labor and Commmunity, Community Studies, Giving, Institute for Social Transformation (IST), SociologyCenter for Labor and Community
Your gift helps the center tackle the pressing issues of today’s workers and support research projects related to young workers, workforce housing, workforce training, and equitable economic development.
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Academic and Research Units, Campus + Community, Giving, Institute for Social Transformation (IST), SociologyCampus + Community
Your gift helps us connect the university with community organizations to conduct research, forge partnerships, and communicate the impact of community-engaged scholarship.